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Cbe Maumig times.
I.IOULS. APPLTr Editor-.
MANNING. S. C.. FEB. 21, 1911.
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CAPITOL CORRESPONDENCE.
COLUMBA, S. C., Fu-b. 20, '11.
The General Assembly for 1911
has passed into history, and it
was one which will furnish much
food for thought aed differences
of opinion. Harmony prevailed
throughout, and notwithstanding
the disappointments of those who
insisted on giving to the Uni
versity all it wanted it was rec
ognized that the members who
differed from them were actuated
by a patriotic purpose.
Governor Blease has had his
eye fixed upon the work of the
legislature, and when he saw it
was doing those things which he
promised the people should not
be done he did not fail to be heard
from. He broke the record by
the numoer of his messages, and
he was the first governor to dif
fer with the general assembly in
the matter of making appropria
tions. Never before since I can
recollect has a governor taken
the responsibility to veto items
in the appropriation budget. but
Governor Blease did it, and I am
sure his action will be endorsed
by the masses. The Columbia
correspondent for the News and
Courier seems to have been taken
by surprise and claims that it was
said by those close to the admin
istration there would be no veto
by the governor to theappropria
tion Act. How he can make this
claim is hard to conjecture for the
reason that throughout Saturday
it was common report in the ho
tels,onthestreets,andintheState
House lobby that the Governor
would veto a number 9f items
in the bill. I heard it from sev
eral sources, and the governor
told me that he would be heard
from as soon as the appropria
tion Act was before him for his
approval, There was no secret
about it whatever, and no occa
sion or excuse to think the gov
ernor would take a different ac
tion or that he would lay down
and acquiese. True, a larger'
number of the membnrs went
home after they got their pay
certificates but this was their
own lookout, had they re
mained the result would have
been about the same, with a
probability of several items
which were passed over the veto
getting the same fate of those in
which the veto was sustained.
The only member of the Claren
don delegation absent from the
final session was Mr. Mitchum;
the others remained to the last.
I voted to sustain the governor
on all of his vetoes except the
Confederate Home school, the
water rent, and the $450 for the
additional work of the Code
Commissioner fcr this year. On
the finance committee, the ma
jority cut out all appropriations
for the permanent building at
the colleges, and these items
were cut out, but when the bill
went to a free conference the
conferees reinserted t li e s e
items, and when their report
came back to the senate for
adoption there was a hard fight
to reject it, butthe free confer
ence report was adopted by one
majority. Had all the re.embers
been present I am satisfied the
result would have been reversed,
although it would have necessita
ted another week to enact an
other appropriation Act. I voted
against all the items for new
buildings, and was somewhat
surprised when I found the gov
ernor permitted the item for
Winthrop and the Citadel to re
main, but when I remembered
that the Citadel had been ex
ceedingly modest in its requests
and the crowded condition of the
institution, I came to the conclu
sion the governor was right in
letting it remain. An Act was
passed and approyed giving to
*Winthrop a sciencei hail and the
governor could not consistently
disapprove of this item. The
other building wanted for Win
throp was very properly reject
ed. I did not vote agzainst the
appropriations from any spirit1
of antagonism towards the insti
tutions of higher learning but
because it was my judgmvent
that there was money being1
spent too fast and, if there was
no ctheck put upon them, there
would be a sentiment aroused
against them which would ecrip
pie the institutions, and I so sta
ted on the iloor. There is no1
doubt these institutions are do-'
ing a splendid work, and the
people are getting full value for;
every dollar spent but I think it
is for their best interests that
they should give the people a!
breathing spell and wait a littl
while for the additional improve- i
ments wanted. and perhaps
needed.
The college boys were in the
senate chamber in full force
- when the fight was on to sustain
the governor's veto, wheni the
senate acted and they -found
the governor sustained they left
the chamber hissing. a ver-v
thoughtles, act on their partl(
and one whicl perhaps shouldi
require a dex rttnent for good!.
manners in the college. I de- i
plore very much the conduct of 1
these thoughtless youths, but do!
not hold the authorities respon- <
sible for it. I am sure when the I
boys reflect they will see their I
error and will regret their course.
The argument used by some '<
of the senators that it was not
right to discriminate against the
University after giving to the
Citadel its building is mislead- i
ing, when it is considered thati:
the general assembly has al- I
ready given to the University
two new buildings and none to
the Citadel. and besides,tbe Uni
versity this year gets a consid
erable increase for maintainance, 1
more than ever before in the
history of the institution. The
building wanted by the Univer
sity is a new chapel. they have
a chapel now but it is old, and
perhaps when the whole student
body get into it. it becomes 1
crowded, but this condition is
not so serious that they cannot
wait for a couple of years, as I
have already said, there is no an
tagonism towards the Universi
tv and in time it will get the ad
ditional building. The taxpay
ers are to be considered in these
matters as well as the comforts
of the students and the pride of
the college authorities. In my
judgment this is one of the best
things that could havehappered
to the University. because.if the.
appropriations continued to in
crease from year to year as they
had been doing in the past the
final outcome would have been
the electing of a legislature
which would throw the institu
tion back to where it was ten
years ago,. if not ruined entirely.
According to calculations made
it would have been impossible
with the levy fixed in the Act to
have raised enough money to
meet it,aLd a heavy deficit would
have been the result,which would
have forced the assembly to pro
vide for next year, as it is, it is
expected to meet the demands
against the State,and when the
assembly reconvenes there will
be no deficit to amount to any
thing.
Over three hundred Acts be
came law, of which 90 per cent.
were local in their nature. The
general assembly failed to elect
the additional associate justice
after about twenty-eight ballots,
and the matter goes over to the
next session by which time other
candidates may loom up for the
place.
The laws cassed in which the
people of Clarendon are specially
interested,are the game and fish
laws, the Act which relieves the
county auditor from taking tax
returns, and devolv'ng this work
upon the township commission
ers, the county levy and the
county salary increase.
The salary bill for this county
is: Sheriff'S1000 per annum~and
$300 for his deputy: $1200 per
annum for the superintendent of
education, and the said officer
shall devote the whole of his
time to the duties of the office:'
$400 a year for clerical assistance
to the county treasurer.
Under the new tish Act trap
ping is forbidden during the
months of April, May, June and
July, and fish can be caught and
can be sold any time. Under the
game Act deer can be hunted
from September 1st to January
1st, and partridges can be hunt-1
ed from the 15th of November<
to the 15th of March. The fol-i
lowing is the amendment to the
game law of last year:1
"SEc'rION 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina, That it shall be unlawful to
shoot, chase, trap or catch any deer]
within the borders of this State between
the first day of JTanuary and the first.
day of September, or any partridge or1
wild turkey between the fifteenth day <
of March and the fifteenth day of No-I.
vember, or any dove between the first ,
day of March and the fifteenth day of
August, or any woodcock between the
fifteenth day of January and the firsti
day of September, or any willet between1
thefist ayof March and the first day,
of Novembier, or any wood ducks be
tween the first day of March and the
irst day of September, or any grackle
between the first day of March and thei
first day of October, or to disturb the
nests of, or eggs of, any of the birds
above mentioned, except as is provided
for otherwise; and any person violating
this Act shall be fined ten dollars for
each bird killed, caught or pursued 1
with such intent, or for each nest of
eggs so disturbed, and twenty-five dol
lars for each deer killed, caught or pur-C
sued contrary to this Act, or be impris
oned one day for each dollar fined and
unpaid. not to exceed one hundred do!
lars fine or thirty days imprisonment:C
Provided, It shall be unlawful for any 1
person or persons to cast abroad on, or
bait with wheat, rye, peas or any other
grain or food attractive to birds. any
field, farm or other lands in Aikent
county for the purpose of hunting or
shooting doves between the 15th day of 1
March and the first day of December."
The county levy: For ordi- I
nary county expenses is, four and 1
one-half mills: for past indebted- 1
ness, one-half mill. The county 1
board of commissioners shall use I
the said four and one-half mills I
for ordinary county purposes.a
includi:g salaries, roads, bridges, f
and the necessary expenses of f
the courts: Provided, however.f
That the county supervisor is 1:
prohibited from approving any t
laim or drawingr his warrant for t
any claim not authorized by law v'
in any cases whatsoever, and the a
:ounty treasurer is hereby pro
ibited from paying such chaim
or claimrs. - t:
It will thus be~ seen the levy is,1I
ne-half mill higher- than last itj
ear. This was done to get th eji:
ounty- relieved from its debts, ie
md next year it is hoped with Ic.
conoical management the dele- 11
ration w il be ini a position to cut it
t least one whole mill from the ci
ery. Unless something extra- 2
rdinary happens I think it can t
e une.
The new arrangement by which Jo
he township commissioners will
ake the tax returnus will, it is u
mough additional property tnat
ias heretofore escaped taxation
D warrant the delegation in mak
ng a considerable reduction in
:he Levy next year.
Take the session all in all it
lid good work. The governor
2ad contentions with the legal
raternity and the supreme court
n the matter of appointing spe
:ial judges, and there is a differ
mnce of opinion as to who is right.
Although a layman I think I can
;ee where the governor is right
n contending for such legislativa
iction as will separate the func
ions of the executive from the
judicial,as is required by the con
stitution. The fundamental 197,
says these departments shall be
eparate and distinct, and yet
the Act of the legislature says
when a special judge is to be ap
pointed it shall be by the gov
ernor upon the recommendation
Af the supreme court or chief
justice. The governor says if
he is to appoint then he should
be allowed to appoint as his
judgment dictates, but if this is
not to be. then the legislature
should place the appointing pow
er elsewhere: not hold him re
sponsible for an appointment
which he has nothing to do with
xcept to sign his name to a com
mission.
Governor Blease has demon
strated the fact, and he certainly
has made the impression burn
Jeep, that he is the GOVERNOR,
and not a mere functionary draw
ing a salary and looking wise.
Whether his administration will
be endorsed throughout is for us
yet to see, but up to now he has
won much applause for his out
spoken criticism and his making
good his promises to the people
when on the stump last summer.
We expect that a good many
newspapers throughout the state
will criticise the action of those
who stood by the governor in
his efforts to make his promises
good, not because they do not
think him right but they are op
posed to the governor; these
criticisms will not effect any
good, and if they are wise they
will refrain from making any.
The bill to require the distri
bution of the dispensary fund
among the common schools was
amended in free conference so
that the money, if the Act
is approved, will be distribu
ted as follows: $60,000 for high
schools, $60,000 for the common
schools, $20,000 to aid in the
construction of rural school
buildir-zs and $100,000 for the
common schools, to be appro
priated to the counties on a ba
sis of enrollment for the school
year ending July 1st, 1912, and
apportioned amongst the schools
by the county boards of educa
tion; the balance of $80,000 to go
to the equalization fund under
the provisions of the Act of last
year. Thus jt will be noted that
the whole amount of $320,000
wich was in the treasury from
the dispensary fund has been
given to the common schools as
required by the constirution
without having to put in the tax
evy to provide for the $140.000
eretofore required by the Acts
>f 1910 This ought to be of
:onsiderable help to the rural
schools of the state.
This has been a session oL
dard work for me. I did not miss
m day, attended the committee
neetings regularly, got tinrough
every bill I introduced, except
~ne minor measure, which I in
~roduced at the suggestion of the
~lerk of court, relating to chang
ng the board of jury commis
sioners so as to relieve the treas
arer therefrom.
The members of the house
elegation were at their post,
nd took care of that which I
ad sent from the senate, we
2ad no friction, differed in opin
on on one or two matters but
>ur differences w~ere adjusted
~atisfactorily, all together we
ot along nicely.
It was nearly daylight Sunday
~hen the gavel fell announcing
he final adjournment of the
~eneral assembly, and then I
rent to my hotel to get some
~leep after several strenuous
lays and night. I need rest.
The governor continues to
rield his axe on the Acts passed
>y the legislature, all of which
will meet with approval except
;he "Stevenson Act" which pro
rides for the distribution of the
lispensary fund for the public
;chools. We think the governor
s wrong in vetoing this Act be
:ause the Constitution demands
hat this money be given to the
yublic schools. He bases his
lisapproval on the ground that
he enrollment in the negro
schools is "inaccurate and fraud
ilent,'' but be that as it may, the
;chool fund is handled by the
>oards of trustees and the coun
y boards and it is safe to say
hese boards will take care of
he interests of the taxpayers.
owever, under the Acts of
910, the schools will get the
.mounts provided for: $60,000
or the common schools, -$60,000
or the high school, and $20,000
or the rural school buildings.
ut the effect of the veto will be
o hold off the distribution of
he dispensary fund until next
c-ar. which is to be regretted,
s the schools are needing this
aoe-r now.
The veto of the Act known as
hie Piedmont and Northern
ailway Act, is proper, because
is Act passed through the leg
tature without proper consid
ration: it practically gives to a
ertain syndicate a monopoly of
i franchises in this state, while
names certain up the country!
ounties, the language of the
et extends the privileges to
ie counties all over the state,
nid in effect would prevent the
-ganization of telephone, tele-|
raph and railway companies
niess they first obtained the'
Cant Wol
When you feel that you
can hardly drag through
your daily work, and are
tired, discouraged and
miserable, take Cardui,
the woman's tonic.
Cardui is prepared for
the purpose of helping
women to regain their
strength and health.
Not by doping with
strong drugs, but by the
gentle, tonic action, of
pure vegetable herbs.
Take
Take CARDUI
The Woman's Tonic
Mrs. L N. Nik"on,
of Shook, Mo., writes:
"Before I began to take
Cardui, I was unable to
do any work. I have
taken 5 bottles and have
improved very much. I
can do the most of my
housework now.
"I can't say too much
for Cardui, it has done so
much for me."
Your druggist sells Car
dul. Get a bottle today.
This is too great a privilege to
grant to any organization, and
the governor is right in prevent
ing this monopoly.
He also disapproved of the
Commission form of government
Act, in this there is doubt of his
being correct, because the
Act did not force upon
a city the commission form
of government but merely per
mitted the citizens to say wheth
er or not they desired this form.
It would have done no harm
to have approved the Act.
The readers of The Times will
recall that it was predicted in
this correspondence that the
governor would apply his veto
power if the general assembly
adopted extravagant appropro
priations, or passed any Acts
which failed to meet with his
approval. He has done just
what this correspondent said
he would do, there was no need
for any one to be surprised, un
less they thought the governor
would keep up the custom of
ignoring his platform of prom
ises, as his predecessors did.
A.
That story now going the
rounds to the effect that Horace
Greeley, after signing Jefferson
Davis' bond, reifused to acknowl
edge a salutation from the ex
president of the Southern Con
federacy, saying "I'm not hob
nobbing with Jeff Davis if I have
signed his bond," may and may
not be true. We prefer to think
it is a concocted yarn. But in
any event, one thing is certainly
true, and that is that Horace
Greeley never hobnobbed with a
grander man or more perfect
gentleman than Jefferson Davis.
Don't forget that the people who
had the name of Jefferson Davis
chiseled0offof Cabin John's bridge
had it put back again, and they
will yet do more than this by
way of restitution.
How's This r
We offer One Hundred Dollar" R~ewardl to
any casec of Catarrh that cannot be cured b
Hali's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CRENEY & CO.. Props.. Toedo. 0.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
for the iast I5 years. and bellere him perfectly
honorable in all business trasactionx and finan
mial able to carry out any obligations aade by
Wsv. T rAx. wholesale druggtists. Toledo. 0.
WA~r~s. KIssAS & MiAKvLs. whoicsale drug
a1 haar Cure is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
t~he sybtem. Price T5c. per bottle. Sold by all
durgists~. Testimonials tree.
Halls Family Pus~ ar the best.
Dr. Howard Jones, of Charles
ton, is evidently trying hard to
break into the limelight, by char
acterizing the recent veto o1 the
commission form of government
Act by Governor Blease as "un
warranted and dirty " This
prominent minister, it seems to
us, would be serving his Master
more loyally if he would put less
brimstone into his eloquence,and
be governed by the adage that
more flies can be caught with
sugar than with vinegar. If Dr.
Jones would contine himself to
saving souls, rather than inflam
ing them, he would be a true
minister of God.
BLOCKADED.
Every Hosbol in Manning Shoald Know
How to Resist it.
The back aches because the kidneys
are blockaded.
Hep the kidneys with their work.
The back will ache no more.
Lots of proof that Doan's Kidney
Pills do this.
It's the best proof. for it comes from,
this vicinity.
Mrs. M. S. Montgomery, Railroad
avenue, Kingstree. S. C., says: "I can
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills highly
in return for the great benefit I have
received from their use. I had a lame
ness across my loins and such severe
backaches that I could not turn in bed.
Morninigs on arising. I was so lame and
iore that I could hardly dress myself
md it required considerable effort for
me to get about. That my kidneys were
jut of order was shown by the unnate
ral condition of the secretions. Doan's
Ridney Pills not only removed the
nackache, but restored my kidneys to a
normal condition.''
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents.
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ole agents for the United States.
Remember the namne-Doan's-and
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The People's Bank
the opening of its door
middle of next month.
CORPS OF OFFICERS:
IIW. C- DAVIS. President.
J. H. R16BY. Vice-President.
=1 R. C. WELLS. Cashier.
Place of Busine!
The building form
Clarendon, adjoining
ready equipped with
been secured for this i:
field. A new, trippli
lock, Manganese steel
has been purchased ai
days. All Banking c
chased and is expecte(
ness about the middle i
CAPITAL STOCK
The capital stock of
Bank of the People is
$2o,ooo.oc
divided into four hut
shares 0f $50.00 each.
stock already subsc
for, 25 per cent. of whi
now in the presid
hands, the balance 1
called for in 10 per cen
stallments per montla
been well placed amon
es home people, not a dot:
Iit being owned out o:
~county.
Courteou
The many well wi
Iprise, who have expre
to give us their accoun
us, if you live out of to"
o to th e president or cas
Stion on any point, whi
Sandc courteous attenti
Searly day to place bar
a your hands.
I THEFNO?
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IENT!NT
of Manning announces
s for business about the
DIRECTORS:
W. C. Davis. J. H. Rtigby.
A. C. Bradham. Jno. 'U. Gerald.
L. H. Harvin. S. 0. O'Bryan.
;s and Equipment.
erly used by the Bank of
store of J. H. Rigby, al
an excellent vault, has es
nvasion of the Banking O
i movement, Yale time- 0
safe, and best vault door 2
id is expected in a few M
upplies have been pur- i
I in ample time for busi- E
of March.
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POLICY. i
this Not a single man ha; se
been allowed to take over @
One Thousand Dollars 0
worth of stock.
We have had applica
tions for stock from out of j
9 the county. but following
out our policy to have it 0
[dred owned and controlled by 0
The our <uvn people, we have
e held these applicants off
rie until all of our people are
l'1 ein who care to come with
.chLJ is "We still have afew thous
ent's and dollars of stock for
sale. which we desire to
:o be place amng our people in
. one. two, three. four. five
. in- and six share distributions.
has The public can at once
, has ee we have not orqanized
a close corporation, with g
gour all of its stock in the hands 00
[ar ofof a few men. but that it is 0@
ar ofto be what its name signi- 00
f thefles.the Bank of the Peo
f theple. absolutely free from
any handicaping alliances.
s Attention.
shers of this new enter
ised their determination
ts and do business with
vn, may address a letter
her requesting informa- 'o
ch will receive prompt =
)n, and we hope at an
ik and check books in
Respectfully yours,
A NNING3.